The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on Hazardous Waste Management has directed the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) to enforce stringent rules to reduce the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) from industrial effluents emitted by the drug-manufacturing units in the industrial areas of Hyderabad.
Senior officials at APPCB told Pharmabiz that following the SCMC directive, the Pollution Control Board would soon issue notices to pharma companies to bring down the TDS levels from the current 15,000 mg per litre of water to 2,100 mg per litre of water. APCCB has already informed the Common Effluent Treatment Plants operating in Hyderabad about the SCMC directive, as per a meeting in Hyderabad during the first week of August.
Total dissolved solids are aggregate of carbonates, chlorides, sulfates, and nitrates of calcium, magnesium, manganese, sodium, potassium and other forms of salts. High TDS solution can change the chemical nature of water.
An expert in hazardous waste management pointed out Hyderabad has a case specific problem, as majority of cities in the country where pharma industry is thriving have access to sea to discharge the effluents, unlike Hyderabad. As per an estimate, pharma companies in Hyderabad may have to spend one rupee for neutralising TDS from each litre of water. So the new directive could be an expensive proposition to all the drug manufacturers in Hyderabad, noted sources.
APPCB official said, though pharma companies may have to spend more money to bring down the TDS levels, it is not a tough task as required technologies are already available. Pharma companies now will have to make a concerted effort towards this direction.
Sources said the new directive might not affect the units coming up at the Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City at Visakhapatanam
Source: pharmabiz.com
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